London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Stepney 1910
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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| Drowning | 14 |
| Embolism of Coronary Artery | 1 |
| Epilepsy | 5 |
| Gastric Ulcer | 4 |
| Heart Disease | 56 |
| Influenza | 1 |
| Inflammation of Spinal Cord | 1 |
| Manslaughter | 2 |
| Meningitis | 3 |
| Osteo-Myelitis | 1 |
| Pontine Hæmorrhage | 1 |
| Pyaemia | 2 |
| Rupture of Coronary Artery | 1 |
| Ptomaine Poisoning | 2 |
| Senility | 4 |
| Septicaemia | 3 |
| Shock while undergoing a necessary operation under the influence of an anæsthetic | 5 |
| Suicide | 23 |
| Syphilis | 2 |
| Snycope supervening on inflamed leg | 1 |
| Tetanus | 1 |
| Affecting CHILDREN (under five years of age):— | |
| Accidents | 18 |
| Accidents and Inattention at Birth | 10 |
| Accidental Suffocation caused by clothes in the cradle | 2 |
| Accidental Suffocation due to regurgitation of food into the Larynx while at the breast | 1 |
| Asphyxia supervening on retropharyngeal abscess | 1 |
| Asphyxia caused by a piece of orange skin lodging in the Glottis and preventing inspiration | 1 |
| Atelectasis | 2 |
| Bronchitis | 5 |
| Burns and Scalds | 13 |
| Collapse of Lung | 1 |
| Congenital Syphilis | 1 |
| Convulsions | 44 |
| Diarrhæa | 13 |
| Diphtheria | 2 |